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History · Sycamore

Sycamore’s post office opened in 1896, and 84% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1959 on.

1896first post office
0on the National Register
84%homes built before 1940
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How Sycamore began

When was Sycamore founded?

1896

The Sycamore post office opened in 1896, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 70130 years
Founding year: the first Sycamore post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Sycamore’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Sycamore are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Sycamore’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sycamore’s history is told.

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How Sycamore came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Sycamore.

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Sycamore was founded when the railroad was first built through the area.

The post office, established as Lay in 1887, was renamed Sycamore in 1896. It has a post office with the ZIP Code 67363.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Sycamore, decade by decade

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On the map

Sycamore on the map, 1959 to 1979

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Sycamore. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Sycamore on the 1959 USGS mapSycamore on the 1979 USGS map1959Sycamore sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Sycamore.

Questions about Sycamore’s history

What year was Sycamore founded?

The Sycamore post office opened in 1896, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikipedia and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.